8
Eyewash(noun, interjection, cheat, ripoff, treachery)
8
Moonshine(noun, interjection, unmeaningness)
8
beguile(verb, cause, fake, cheat, trick)
8
boloney(noun, interjection)
8
bunk(noun, cheat, treachery, nonsense, drivel)
8
claptrap
8
tosh
7
drool
7
dupery(noun, cheat, speed, ripoff, zeal)
7
gammon(noun, verb, deception, falsehood)
7
gull(verb, cheat, trick, fool, swindle)
7
hard boiled sweet(expression, idiom)
7
hooey(noun, nonsense)
7
hypocrite(noun, person)
7
imposture(noun, fake, cheat, trick, charm)
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piffle
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pretence(noun, deception)
7
put-on(noun, fake, trick, deception, swindle)
7
trash(noun, informal, nonsense, unmeaningness)
6
babble(noun, nonsense, unmeaningness)
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